Everton's contract offer 'reflected' how highly club rate young midfielder

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: Einar Iversen of Everton during the Premier League 2 match between Everton and Derby County at Goodison Park on February 17, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images)

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By the end of his second season at the club, Einar Iversen had followed in the footsteps of Ross Barkley and Tom Davies.

He was also handed a three-year contract.

And at the halting of his third season at Everton, he was classed as a regular starter for the club's under-23s side.

Iversen, who turns 19 next month, is a highly-rated young midfielder and as the Norway under-21 international's agent explains, that came across clearly in the talks that culminated into him putting pen to paper last summer.

"Negotiating with Everton I got the feeling that all the important decision makers in the club were positive about Einar and his future in the club," Martin Klette said, who helped bring the player from Stord LS in Norway.

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Iversen emulated the achievements of Davies and Barkley by winning the prestigious Keith Tamlin Award at the end of the 2018-19 season, a campaign in which he had captained Everton's under-18s side as they finished third in the league.

He had already tasted u-23s football under David Unsworth by this point but has become a more permanent fixture at that level this season, particularly in the second-half of the campaign, featuring in six of Everton's final eight games.

"Einar is a very dedicated professional who puts a lot of hard work into his career. I would say that he has improved a lot physically this last season," Klette added.

When the new Premier League 2 season starts again, Iversen will want to pick up where he left off as he goes into the second year of his maiden deal with the club.